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  "description": "Here's what you may have missed in recently Atlanta-area restaurant news. ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T04:56:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.businessdebut.com",
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  "textContent": "Business Debut interviews upcoming business and restaurant owners across the Southeast. Here's who we spoke with recently in Atlanta.\n\nFind out full write ups linked beneath each blurb.\n\n### Unkie’s Pizza + Bar — Brookhaven\n\n**Address:** 3400 Clairmont Rd, Suite A, Brookhaven, GA 30319\n\n**Status:** Two-phase rollout. Phase 1 is takeout-only, targeted to start very soon.\n\n**What to expect:** Starts pop-up style with a limited number of pizzas per day, plus salads. Phase 2 is the grand opening with an indoor/outdoor bar, patio, and ~60 seats, plus a bigger menu.\n\n**Menu highlights:** Thin, crispy-style pizza with a dough recipe developed over months. Phase 2 adds appetizers and sandwiches.\n\n**Hours:** Targeting lunch + dinner; closed Mondays at the start. Long-term goal is seven days a week.\n\n**Who’s behind it:** Co-owners Richard Gazaway and Michael Colombo.\n\n**Links:** Business Debut | ToNeTo Atlanta | Instagram\n\n* * *\n\nImage from Google Earth Pro\n\n### Coastal 38 — Roswell\n\n**Address:** 1570 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Ste. 365, Roswell, GA 30076\n\n**Status:** Remodel is complete; remaining steps include CO, state alcohol license, and a health inspection. Soft launch is targeted for **March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day)** if approvals stay on track.\n\n**What to expect:** An intentionally intimate, date-night-leaning dining room with about 40 seats. Dinner-only service and a full bar; no Sunday brunch planned.\n\n**Menu highlights:** Classic seafood core (salmon, whitefish, fish and chips), plus rotating chef specials with international influences like paella and whole-fish preparations.\n\n**Hours:** Planned 4–10 p.m. nightly; closed Mondays.\n\n**Who’s behind it:** Owner Jerelyn Marsh.\n\n**Links:** Business Debut | Coastal 38 Website | Facebook\n\n* * *\n\n### Sagra — East Atlanta Village\n\n**Address:** 535 Gresham Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316\n\n**Status:** Targeting a **summer opening** ; construction is hoped to begin soon (no date announced).\n\n**What to expect:** A neighborhood wine bar built as a community gathering space with ~50 seats across the bar and dining area. Plans also call for a small private tasting room and a small back patio.\n\n**Menu highlights:** Italian-leaning bites inspired by Venice-style osteria snacks, plus a wine list that highlights Italian varietals without being Italy-only. Also planned: a full liquor bar, affordable-by-the-glass options, and splurge-worthy bottles.\n\n**Hours:** Closed Tuesdays. Mon/Wed/Thu 5–10 p.m.; Fri 5 p.m.–midnight; Sat 1 p.m.–midnight; Sun 1–9 p.m.\n\n**Who’s behind it:** Owner Eric Di Nardo.\n\n**Links:** Business Debut\n\n* * *\n\n### El Tesoro — West End + South Downtown\n\n**West End Address:** 1036 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310\n**South Downtown Address:** 171 Mitchell St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303\n\n**Status:** West End is targeting **March 9**. South Downtown is aiming for **late April**.\n\n**What to expect:** West End becomes a standalone El Tesoro (moving out of Wild Heaven’s Lee + White taproom) with more control over the whole operation and stronger event support. South Downtown lands in a historic building with a basement level planned for storage/offices plus a private dining room/overflow mezcal bar, and a large wraparound patio planned along Broad Street.\n\n**Menu highlights:** Core menu stays, plus rotating regional Mexican specialties (including Baja-inspired ideas) and an effort to keep mole available more consistently. Specials will spotlight dishes brought forward by a kitchen team with roots across different regions of Mexico.\n\n**Hours:** South Downtown is planned seven days a week with hours similar to the current operation (Mon–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; Fri 11 a.m.–11 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.–11 p.m.; Sun 10 a.m.–10 p.m.). West End is expected to run similar hours.\n\n**Who’s behind it:** Owners Alan Raines and Shan Holler.\n\n**Link:** Business Debut\n\n* * *\n\nImage from 17th & State Restaurant and Bar on Facebook\n\n### 17th & State Restaurant and Bar — Atlanta\n\n**Address:** Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta Midtown, 290 17th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30363\n\n**Status:** Targeting an opening around **February 27, 2026** , pending final approvals.\n\n**What to expect:** Modern Southern-leaning elevated dining with ~114 seats in the dining room plus 14 at the bar. It’s open to the public, with direct entry from 17th Street.\n\n**Menu highlights:** Fried green tomatoes with bacon pepper jam + sweet chili sauce, mussels with grilled bread, flatbreads, steak burger, shrimp and grits, steak frites, pork chop, and steaks.\n\n**Hours:** Seven days a week. Lunch + dinner five days; weekend brunch + dinner.\n\n**Who’s behind it:** Owner Trimi Dauti.\n\n**Links:** Business Debut\n\n* * *\n\nImage from French Toast ATL website\n\n### French Toast ATL — Cheshire Bridge\n\n**Address:** 2263 Cheshire Bridge Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30324\n\n**Status:** Targeting an opening in **two to three months** , with a lighter conversion (no major buildout).\n\n**What to expect:** Full-service breakfast/brunch/lunch, mirroring the Marietta location in layout and menu, plus a bar. The brand positions itself as detail-driven, from food to service to the small touches.\n\n**Menu highlights:** Sweet and savory crepes, breakfast bowls, po’ boy sandwiches, and more.\n\n**Hours:** Expected to mirror Marietta; most days closing at 3 p.m., with weekends potentially to 5 p.m.\n\n**Who’s behind it:** Co-owner Dolapo Erinkitola shared the news with Business Debut.\n\n**Links:** Business Debut | French Toast ATL Locations | French Toast ATL Website",
  "title": "6 Upcoming Atlanta-Area Restaurants [Feb 18, 2026]",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-19T04:56:16.000Z"
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